Safety-pin



SAFETY PIN. APPLlCATION FILED APR.'12, 1920.

Patented July 26, 1921.

I nvenfor.

; UNITED sr T srAEsN owe CHARLES o. ELLERT, 9F BROOKLYN EW. YORK.

T0 aZZwhom it may concern:

Be it known that L CrmnLris O.- ELLERT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the. city of ew York, borough of Brooklyn, countyof Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Pins, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

f This invention relates to safety pins and has-for its object to provide a safety pin peculiarly designed to be secured more firmly, and readily permit the disengagement'of the improved safety. pin with the greatest ease. and despatch.

Another object is to provide all-improved safety pin having a reinforced construction more resistant against accidentalopening or loosening of the safety pin. I

A still further object is toprovide a device of this nature which is simple in construction, effective in operation, and cheap to manufacture. g

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel ar-' rangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, reference. be-

ing had to the accompanying drawingsin which like reference characters refer to llke parts throughout the several views.

proved safety pin in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved v safety pin in an open position.

*ig. 3 is a side elevation of the improved safety pin in an openposltion showing a modification 1n construction.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing wireportion .of safety pin broken away from r the clasp or holding means. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of a clasp or holding means broken away from part of the wire portion of the safety pin. V

Fig. 6 is an enlarged broken sect1on 'of supplemental flared portion of pointed limb of safety pin provided with auxiliary corrugations or holding means.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of a safety pin SAFETY-PIN.

' without the reinforced"construction in an" openposition. p y i l s shown,'the improvedsafety pin is provided With a clasp or holding means '1, suit ably positioned on limhd, in a fiaredordr .verglng relation to the oo-acting flared portion 10, of, the limb 7;

he improved safety pin isdesigned from a single length of suitable material, prefere5- ably of wire or like material, and embodies the spaced parallel limbs t 'and'ffiaand pro'-' u;

vided with a spring actuated l00p* 6,.orali ke end connecting the lower" portionsv thereof.

at,.or near its upper end is provided with a suitable inwardly diverging or flared por- .1 i i tion as 10 and adapted tojengage with said clasp or: holding means l;'the end flif, of

said fiared'portion 10 terminates in a suit- ,able'manner. r

The clasp or holding means l,?is

' cured to said flared portion 10" in a manner so that said clasp or holding means 1;,jis

flared in co-acting relation with said flared portion 10, of the opposite limb 7.

The oo-acting limb 7, of the improved safety pin at a suitable pointas 8, near the upper end. thereof, is provided with a suitable diverging or flared portion 10, termi- .85 natmg-ln a suitably pointed enda9, said F igure 1 is a side elevation of the 1m-' flared portion l0 being adapted as a stifienlng or reinforcing means for said limb 7 r In the modification in construction, the

said flared portion 10, provided with suitable corrugations or holding means 11, Figs.

holding means 11 and 12 respectively. p 7 The said flared or diverging portion lO of the limb 7 is positioned to engage with the co-acting flared clasp or holdi-ngmcans l,of

the improved safety pin. 7

en corrugations or holding means 11, are provided in the. said flared portionlO,

said corrugations 11, are adapted to engage and co-act with corru'gationsj or holcing means 12, in the face1 5, of the said clasp or holding means 1 to resist the slipping or sliding of the limb 7 out'of engagement with said clasp l, by reason of excessive pulling strain on said limb 7.

In opening the improved safety .pin, the diverging'or flared portion 10, of said limb Patented July 2e=,.192;1. ,Applicationjfiled April 12, 1920. Serial no. 373,223. i

The limb 4, Fig. 4, at a suitablepoint 5, 70

: 7 is disengaged from the face 14 of thesaid".

flared clasp 1, passingfthroughflle opening 2,,in theolasp; flared; portion Whilel have s' hown a prefe *ment of; the invention} it will benndei'stood that" the inventionis 'notito-lbe liinifiedtoj exact details: "of, lconstruotion herein shown The eorrugations 11;, of said l0, are

- inodifieati0n -'t11ereof may? be made" 'within 'appenderd'jolaims without departing from the spirit tli'e inyent on or the: "scope of t he sacrifieingf its advantages;

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1 A-t-P v he li iglcl pia bei pfoi id'ed with and having one; end j terminating ina flared portion having'ga pointed :1P0rtiQ dap e 1 l e w b y' hi aid holdingfol'asp form holding" nieans f having a inefnber p ovi ed with a z rm ac l e al m stra ght mam portion detaohablyfloo k sald 'sprlng actnafue'd mom- 2; Asafety pin of the class deseribedihave04 1 (if their-endsiby "a spring actuated-10 and "thef oppositeiende of'-saidbeing on I ing o pposing parallel limbs onneeted afi'one disengaged-"k011i; $1 7 oo-aoting COII'HgiiLtlOIISf 12, shown in the face ofthesaid fiared olaspori f holding 'means" ll,' of fthe' ijn provedf safety ea demand;

d enbed Iny I i. and haxfing one endte portion adaptedl'ito and; said flared} parallel relationto theimain portion of said op 'ooing limbs;and ia clasp positioned on offs etend of one of saidlilnbs and adapted V limb in, ooactin'g offset relation.

tion" ofsaid' spring actuated. member pos g tioned adj aCQl lt' the pmmagmt: of [said spring actuated member, aid offset portion together. With said jiointed end iadapted "to lie' wholl'y'within said "ofiset and detachably looks'aid pin;

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